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William Alvah Stewart

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1951–1953 Appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic) 25 signed orders read

Judge Stewart no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Shapiro v. Royal Indemnity Co.
· 1951-10-25
Motions to dismiss (Royal Indemnity Company) Denied

“Therefore, defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint must be denied.”

Union Nat. Bank of Youngstown, Ohio v. Universal-Cyclops Steel Corp.
· 1952-03-28
Motion to amend answer (Universal-Cyclops Steel Corporation) Granted

“Therefore, leave to amend the answer will be granted.”

Motion to add counterclaim (Universal-Cyclops Steel Corporation) Granted in part

“Defendant’s motion will be denied with respect to the second paragraph of the counterclaim, but will be granted in the other respects.”

Collord v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.
· 1952-03-25
Summary judgment (Reconstruction Finance Corporation) Denied

“Defendant’s motion will be denied.”

United States v. Pecora
· 1952-06-11
Naturalization revocation action (United States) Granted

“Therefore, we deem it proper to enter an order revoking and setting aside the order admitting Francesco Pécora to citizenship and cancelling the certificate of naturalization as having been obtained through fraud.”

United States v. Costa
· 1952-06-03
Summary judgment (United States) Denied

“The plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment must, therefore, be denied.”

Stripping Contractors, Inc. v. United Mine Workers
· 1952-06-23
Motions to remand (plaintiffs) Granted

“the decision in that case, filed this day, governs here and requires a granting of the plaintiffs’ motion to remand.”

Butler v. United Mine Workers of America International Union, District No. 2
· 1952-06-23
Motions to remand (plaintiffs) Granted

“the decision in -that case, filed this day, governs here and requires a granting of the plaintiffs’ motion to remand.”

Jones v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co.
· 1952-09-29
Motion to vacate stay (libellant) Granted

“Therefore, libellant’s motion will be granted and the stay order will be vacated.”

Beezer v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.
· 1952-09-29
Post trial motion for judgment or new trial (Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company) Denied

“Defendant’s motion will be denied.”

Reese v. American Red Ball Transit Co.
· 1952-09-23
Motion to quash service (American Red Ball Transit Company, Inc.) Denied

“we will deny the motion filed on behalf of defendant, American Red Ball Transit Company, *551Inc., at this time without prejudice to renew it at the trial of the action”

Smith v. Israel
· 1953-02-25
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“We will, therefore, deny the petition for ■a writ of habeas corpus.”

Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.
· 1953-03-20
Motion for injunction (plaintiffs) Denied

“We will, therefore, deny both petitions.”

Motion to modify or set aside injunction (defendant) Denied

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No surviving assigned-case index was located for Stewart's tenure. The profile therefore makes no claim about his caseload, case duration, motion base rates, or ruling speed.

A historical record

Judge Stewart no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.